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title: El Paludismo [Malaria] (Nicaragua health poster)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-nicaragua-el-paludismo-1943/
description: 'Spanish-language health poster for Nicaragua: a red zigzag graph labelled December and April runs behind text stating that malaria is widespread.'
section: Collection
---

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# El Paludismo [Malaria] (Nicaragua health poster)

Spanish-language health poster for Nicaragua: a red zigzag graph labelled December and April runs behind text stating that malaria is widespread, spread by Anopheles mosquitoes, and causes chills, fever, anemia, weakness and death. The fear appeal is the line that sick children cannot study and adults cannot work; the closing lines then give treatment and prevention (no standing water, no mosquitoes, no malaria).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SERVICIO COOPERATIVO INTER-
AMERICANO DE SALUD PUBLICA.
DIRECCION GENERAL DE SANIDAD.
NICARAGUA. A.C.

EL PALUDISMO
DICIEMBRE
es
UNA ENFERMEDAD MUY
EXTENDIDA EN
NICARAGUA.
es
TRANSMITIDO POR LOS
MOSQUITOS ANOFELES
Y
MOTIVA FRIOS, CALENTURA, ANEMIA,
DEBILIDAD Y MUERTE.

LOS NIÑOS QUE PADECEN MALARIA
NO PUEDEN ESTUDIAR,
LOS ADULTOS NO PUEDEN TRABAJAR
ABRIL

PUEDE CURARSE CON ATEBRINA. QUININA O PLASMO-
QUINA. LA MALARIA PUEDE SER PREVENIDA; SIN AGUA
ESTANCADA NO HAY MOSQUITOS. SIN MOSQUITOS NO HAY MALARIA

[signature:] AUGUSTO 1943
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—538317
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE SERVICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH. NICARAGUA.

MALARIA
DECEMBER
is
A VERY WIDESPREAD DISEASE IN NICARAGUA.
is
TRANSMITTED BY ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES
AND
causes chills, fever, anemia, weakness and death.

CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM MALARIA CANNOT STUDY,
ADULTS CANNOT WORK
APRIL

IT CAN BE CURED WITH ATEBRIN, QUININE OR PLASMOQUINE. MALARIA CAN BE PREVENTED: WITHOUT STANDING WATER THERE ARE NO MOSQUITOES. WITHOUT MOSQUITOES THERE IS NO MALARIA.

[signature:] AUGUSTO 1943
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943
```

[← Síntomas del Paludismo \[Symptoms of Malaria\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-health-sintomas-del-paludismo-nicaragua-1943/) [Bombardeios Nazistas \[Nazi Bombardments\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-bombardeios-nazistas-portuguese-1943/)

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